Category Archives: Work-Bench

Work-Bench will continue supporting early stage enterprise startups with new $100M fund

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In spite of the pandemic, New York City remains the center of commerce and business, and over the last decade a robust startup community has developed there. Work-Bench, the NYC VC firm that concentrates on early stage enterprise seed investments, announced its $100 million Fund 3 this morning. The company started back in 2013 when […] Continue reading Work-Bench will continue supporting early stage enterprise startups with new $100M fund→

FireHydrant lands $8M Series A for disaster management tool

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When I spoke to Robert Ross, CEO and co-founder at FireHydrant last week, we had a technology adventure. First the audio wasn’t working correctly on Zoom, then Google Meet. Finally we used cell phones to complete the interview. It was like a case study in what FireHydrant is designed to do — help companies manage […] Continue reading FireHydrant lands $8M Series A for disaster management tool→

Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups

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If a seed-stage investor believes in the founders and their vision, and the company can ride out today’s economic upset, there’s still money in the till — at least for now. Continue reading Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups→

Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups

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If a seed-stage investor believes in the founders and their vision, and the company can ride out today’s economic upset, there’s still money in the till — at least for now. Continue reading Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups→

Talking venture, B2B and thesis-driven investment with Work-Bench’s Jon Lehr

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Earlier this week, the Equity crew caught up with Work-Bench investor Jon Lehr to get his take on the current market, and how his firm goes about making investment decisions. The conversation was a treat, so we cut a piece of it off for everyone to listen to. The full audio and a loose transcript […] Continue reading Talking venture, B2B and thesis-driven investment with Work-Bench’s Jon Lehr→

FireHydrant lands $1.5M seed investment to bring order to IT disaster recovery

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FireHydrant, a NYC startup wants to help companies recover from IT disasters more quickly, and understand why they happened with the goal of preventing similar future scenarios from happening again. Today, the fledgling startup announced a $1.5 million seed investment from Work-Bench, a New York City venture capital firm that invests in early stage enterprise […] Continue reading FireHydrant lands $1.5M seed investment to bring order to IT disaster recovery→

NYC’s Work-Bench announces $47M enterprise investment fund

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Work-Bench, an early stage enterprise startup venture capital firm based in New York City announced its $47 million Fund II today. It follows their initial $10 million fund. Work-Bench is itself like a venture capital investment startup. A scrappy operation run by just five enterprise industry veterans, it defies convention in a number of ways […] Continue reading NYC’s Work-Bench announces $47M enterprise investment fund→

Work-Bench enterprise report predicts end of SaaS could be coming

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Work-Bench, a New York City venture capital firm that spends a lot of time around Fortune 1000 companies, has put together The Work-Bench Enterprise Almanac: 2018 Edition, which you could think of as a State of the Enterprise report. It’s somewhat like Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report, but with a focus on the tools and […] Continue reading Work-Bench enterprise report predicts end of SaaS could be coming→